Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Automobiles & Parts and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 2.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamaha Corp. (T:7951), which rose 8.45% or 405.0 points to trade at 5200.0 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) added 8.32% or 300.0 points to end at 3905.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was up 7.88% or 54.0 points to 739.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which lost 7.32% or 1270.0 points to trade at 16080.0 in late trade. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 1.58% or 5.0 points to end at 312.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) shed 1.27% or 3.0 points to 233.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2949 to 595 and 160 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.80% to 23.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.91% or 0.47 to $52.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.65% or 0.39 to hit $60.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.20 to trade at $1249.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 113.44, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 128.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.395.